Outboard Motor Service Log
Service an outboard by hours rather than by dates, and keep the impeller and anode record that decides whether the motor has a long life or a short one.
TM-06 2 pages
Trailers and marine · TM-32
Personal Watercraft Pre-Ride and Flush Log
A free printable jet ski checklist and log: pre-ride checks, the flush and rinse after, and the hour meter for every outing, fourteen rides a sheet.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Build a care and hours history for one jet ski, ride by ride. Each outing gets its pre-ride checks, the flush after and the hour meter at both ends.
Who it is for
Owners of a jet ski or other personal watercraft, and clubs or hire operators with a few.
How to use it
- Fill the craft details once, with the handbook page for oil and flushing.
- Before each ride, fill a column: date, place, hour meter, then tick each check.
- After the ride, note the water, flush and rinse it the way the handbook says, and read the hour meter again.
- Write any fault on page two with the ride number, and what was done about it.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: A column for every outing: the checks before the craft goes in, the flush and rinse after, and the hour meter at both ends, so the craft builds its own care history. Seven rides a page, fourteen a sheet.
Write-on lines: Make & model · Hull ID · Engine serial · Registration · Owner · Season · Hours at season start · Oil and flush: handbook page
Also printed: Check · Ride 1 · Ride 2 · Ride 3 · Ride 4 · Ride 5 · Ride 6 · Ride 7 · Date · Where · Hour meter before · Before it goes in · Hull: no cracks, gouges or soft spots · Intake grate and pump: no weed, rope, stones · Engine oil level · Coolant level, where fitted · Bilge dry; drain plugs in · No fuel smell in the hull · Battery: charged, terminals tight · Handlebars, throttle and brake move freely · Lanyard and stop switch tested · Fuel enough for the ride and back · Lifejackets, whistle, spare lanyard aboard · After the ride · Water: salt, fresh or silty · Flushed, the way the handbook says · Rinsed, bilge drained, left to dry · Hour meter after · Initials
Page 2
Also printed: Check · Ride 8 · Ride 9 · Ride 10 · Ride 11 · Ride 12 · Ride 13 · Ride 14 · Date · Where · Hour meter before · Before it goes in · Hull: no cracks, gouges or soft spots · Intake grate and pump: no weed, rope, stones · Engine oil level · Coolant level, where fitted · Bilge dry; drain plugs in · No fuel smell in the hull · Battery: charged, terminals tight · Handlebars, throttle and brake move freely · Lanyard and stop switch tested · Fuel enough for the ride and back · Lifejackets, whistle, spare lanyard aboard · After the ride · Water: salt, fresh or silty · Flushed, the way the handbook says · Rinsed, bilge drained, left to dry · Hour meter after · Initials
Faults found and work done — with the ride number and the hours
Table, 4 rows: Date · Ride · Hours · What was found · What was done · By
Questions
How should the engine be flushed?
The way your handbook says. Makers differ on how the hose is connected and whether the engine runs while flushing, so the sheet records that it was done and leaves the method to the handbook.
Why note salt, fresh or silty water?
Because salt and silt are what flushing is for, and a craft used mostly in the sea shows it sooner. The record shows what the craft has been through.
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